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<h1><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">email_lib</span></tt> &#8212; Email<a class="headerlink" href="#module-email_lib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="email-object">
<h2>Email object<a class="headerlink" href="#email-object" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="email_lib.Email">
<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">email_lib.</tt><tt class="descname">Email</tt><big>(</big><em>self</em>, <em>sender=''</em>, <em>recipients=</em><span class="optional">[</span><span class="optional">]</span>, <em>subject=''</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Wrapper on the email module. Email object represents emails to be sent to the client.
Also provides a clean way to add binary <cite>FileData</cite> attachments</p>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="email_lib.Email.sender">
<tt class="descname">sender</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.sender" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>sender&#8217;s email</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="email_lib.Email.reply_to">
<tt class="descname">reply_to</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.reply_to" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>[Optional] if reply_to is not same as sender</dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.Email.recipients">
<tt class="descname">recipients</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.recipients" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><cite>list</cite> of recipients or a string separated by comma (,) or semi-colon (;)</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="email_lib.Email.subject">
<tt class="descname">subject</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.subject" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>email subject</dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.Email.msg">
<tt class="descname">msg</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.msg" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>message object <cite>email.mime.multipart.MIMEMultipart</cite></dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.Email.cc">
<tt class="descname">cc</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.cc" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><cite>list</cite> of cc email ids</dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.Email.set_message">
<tt class="descname">set_message</tt><big>(</big><em>message</em>, <em>mime_type='text/html'</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.set_message" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>append the message with MIME content</dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.Email.attach">
<tt class="descname">attach</tt><big>(</big><em>file_id</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.attach" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>attach a file from the <cite>FileData</cite> table</dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.Email.validate">
<tt class="descname">validate</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.validate" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>validate the email ids</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="email_lib.Email.setup">
<tt class="descname">setup</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.setup" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>setup the SMTP (outgoing) server from <cite>Control Panel</cite> or defs.py</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="email_lib.Email.send">
<tt class="descname">send</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.Email.send" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>send the message</dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.validate_email_add">
<tt class="descclassname">email_lib.</tt><tt class="descname">validate_email_add</tt><big>(</big><em>email_id</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.validate_email_add" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Validate the email id</dd></dl>

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<dt id="email_lib.sendmail">
<tt class="descclassname">email_lib.</tt><tt class="descname">sendmail</tt><big>(</big><em>recipients</em>, <em>sender=''</em>, <em>msg=''</em>, <em>subject='</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>No Subject</em><span class="optional">]</span>, <em>'</em>, <em>parts=</em><span class="optional">[</span><span class="optional">]</span>, <em>cc=</em><span class="optional">[</span><span class="optional">]</span>, <em>attach=</em><span class="optional">[</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#email_lib.sendmail" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Short cut to method to send an email</dd></dl>

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<div class="section" id="example">
<h2>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Email with attachments:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="c"># get attachments</span>
<span class="n">al</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sql</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;select file_list from `tab</span><span class="si">%s</span><span class="s">` where name=&quot;</span><span class="si">%s</span><span class="s">&quot;&#39;</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">dt</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dn</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">al</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">al</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">al</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="c"># create the object</span>
<span class="n">email</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">server</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">EMail</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;test@webnotestech.com&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;a@webnotestech.com&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;b@webnotestech.com&#39;</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="s">&#39;this is a test&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="c"># add some intro</span>
<span class="n">email</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">replace_newlines</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;Hi</span><span class="se">\n\n</span><span class="s">You are being sent </span><span class="si">%s</span><span class="s"> </span><span class="si">%s</span><span class="se">\n\n</span><span class="s">Thanks&#39;</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">dt</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">dn</span><span class="p">))</span>

<span class="c"># add attachments</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">al</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">email</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">attach</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;,&#39;</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">])</span>

<span class="c"># send</span>
<span class="n">email</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">send</span><span class="p">()</span>
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